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#bookshop by @sahreports classics, graphic novels and oddities. Tues- Sat
281 Portobello rd
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A bookshop story that just happened:
A man in his late 70s came in. German (rough English).
"Do you sell very old comics?"
"Not very old."
"Do you know about old comics?"
"A bit. What are you after?"
"Over 20 years ago I had a practice [Dr?] & somebody stole a book."
cont...
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Nothing jumped directly to mind but using the old internet research skillz from
@SaHreports
days, it took me one search & 10 seconds to work out it was
The Incredible Upside-Downs of Little Lady Lovekins and Old Man Muffaroo by Gustave Verbeek (1904)
20 year old puzzle solved.
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Moral of the story:
It's worth popping into your local bookshop.
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He says
"But it was amazing because the story started on each page at the top left & when you read the page you turn the book around [180 degrees] & the story starts again differently. It was so clever I have searched for 20 years. It cost £300 all those years ago".
cont...
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He continues
"It was a book from over 100 years ago. The cover was blue with some other colours. Every page was one story. It had a girl & an old man. I don't remember any names. Maybe the man was called Didgeridoo?"
Ok, this is a challenge.
cont...
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The neighbour's cat on the pavement as you approach it
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Confirmed.
Jam bookshop will be reopening in July 2024.
In Portobello Green Arcade on Portobello Road.
The real juicy details will be shared on the shop patreon - link in bio
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@WigtownBookShop
As someone who is about to close their London bookshop (due to crazy cost rises) & considering running away to the country to make a book about it & who has visited your bookshop just before lockdowns & loved it & the resident tubby cat.... I have serious questions about this.
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Lip reading clearly shows Brad Pitt at
#WimbledonFinal
saying
"Really, a cool little bookshop in London called Jam? Damn must go there."
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Made this on my illustrator account 3 years ago & to this day it still randomly pops up or trends even here :)
Just done the best Nigel Farage I've ever drawn
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A few weeks a go a legendary cartoonist suddenly passed away.
Tony Husband was a giant of cartoons &, with the kind help of his son
@PaulHusband_
&
@PrivateEyeNews
I'm holding an exhibition of lots of his classic gags in Jam.
This show is my way of helping to celebrate Tony
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#Hackney
I need your help!
My little bookshop is tucked just off Hackney rd.
Unfortunately the business between Jam & the main road closed for holidays a week before xmas.
So everywhere is lit up except where my bookshop is & it looks all closed up.
It's not! Open this weekend
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To whoever needs to hear this, appreciate that small shop that you live right close to.
Don't tell yourself every day for months or years "oh I'll pop in there one day".
That one day that never comes will be too late.
#supportsmallbusiness
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@georgia_coan
Thank you for spreading word to support showing how artists are constantly shoplifted from
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STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't order that book from Amazon!
Order from
There's any
#book
you want there.
When you pick Jam as your bookshop, I get 30% of the sale - you support a
#SmallBusiness
#bookshop
- taxes get paid for stuff like NHS (not like Amazon)
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1. I really have no money left. The quiet Summer used up all my cash reserves. Nothing has picked up after. December looking to be so bad I can't fathom it.
2. I have lots of amazing stock & the majority of visitors buying is high.
It's promotion I need help.
Reviews, tweets etc
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Come on in.
61a Hackney rd E27NX
Webshop orders &
DM with special requests
Visual bookshop + gallery
#books
#bookshop
#bookstagram
#BookLover
#booklovers
#shop
#booktok
#bookstagrammer
#london
#hoxton
#hackney
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People who run bookshops deserve so much more respect.
It's the kind of shop that benefits society & humanity, not like the 5 billion candy or vape or betting shops that line our streets.
Running a bookshop faces so much harder challenges that never end with so little support.
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OMG
look who managed to see the Columbo exhibition before it finished last week!
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Finally have a chance to grab some pics of the first day shop.
Plenty of nice people in the first 3 hours.
Portobello Green Arcade
281 Portobello Rd W10 5TZ
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
You went the uni of life
I went to
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WTF.
Just finding out that Jam was name-dropped by the Evening Standard as one of the 12 best bookshops in London.
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Kinda embarrassed at not having finished the
#drawcolumbo
exhibition yet as I'm kinda blown away at how many people have come to the shop to see it on the first day 😱
Even though it's only 3/4 finished the comments have been amazing
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OMG
That
Was
Epic
How does one start..... to thanking everyone that came to the shop today & the last few weeks.
#Stunned
#humbled
#blownaway
#shattered
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STOP!!!!!!!!
Don't order that book from Amazon!
If you can't visit Jam order from
There's any
#book
you want.
Pick Jam as your bookshop & I get 30% of the sale
- you support a
#SmallBusiness
#bookshop
- taxes get paid for stuff like NHS (not like Amazon)
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This hits too close to reality
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Don't order your gift books from Amazon!
Order from
Any
#book
you want often cheaper!
Choose Jam as your bookshop & I get 30% of the sale - you support a
#SmallBusiness
- taxes get paid for stuff like NHS (not like Amazon)
#books
#supportsmallbusiness
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IT'S OFFICIALLY HAPPENING
Draw Columbo & post with
#DrawColumbo
& I'll grab (contact) as many as possible to put into an exhibition in
@jambookshopuk
in London
Need more submissions so get
#drawing
.
Email printable Columbos to
jambookshopuk @ gmail. com
#columbo
#illustration
OK, I've decided to launch
#DrawColumbo
Draw Columbo & when my shop opens in London, one of the first things I'll plan is to invite a bunch of illustrators to contribute to a little exhibition of Columbo art.
#illustration
#BookTwitter
Shop info -
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Closing up soon for the year.
Well.... what a year.
Thank you so much to everyone that visited, bought books, supported, promoted, helped, suggested, brought dogs, ordered stuff, made the tough times a bit nicer & generally understood the difficulties.
Have a great few weeks.
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Don't mean to panic any
#Columbo
fans out there but... This Sunday is the last day to see the hit
#DrawColumbo
exhibition at Jam bookshop.
40+ illustrators - 60+ Columbos
61a Hackney Rd E2 7NX
Weds - Thurs - Sat -Sun
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Despite not sleeping until 4am due to election addiction & the shop not being fully stocked yet, Jam is going to have a soft opening today from 3-6pm just to test things. And celebrate no longer being ruled by Tories.
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*Prints off asap to stop Right Said Fred from entering the shop
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The heavens have just opened up in East London with an almighty hail storm.
Clearly the gods are furious at the closure of Jam bookshop this weekend 😳
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NEW EXHIBITION IS UP & LOOKS SO GOOD
The Worst Journey in the World by Sarah Airriess
@WorstJourneyGN
The stunning graphic novel about Captain Scott's infamous expedition to the Antarctic & the South Pole.
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Paying some shop bills/overheads this week
Over £5000
Pretty painful tbh
RTs of this would be the act of angels
61a Hackney rd E27NX
Visual bookshop + gallery
#books
#bookshop
#BookLover
#booklovers
#shop
#booktok
#bookstagrammer
#london
#hoxton
#hackney
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Yeah, I've had a month to stew over the disappointment of closing Jam in the Hackney location but I've decided to try to use the anger to do cool stuff.
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Final touches to be added tomorrow but the Tony Husband exhibition is looking pretty funny
#books
#cartoons
#humour
#exhibiton
#bookshop
#Hackney
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From November 18th - December 3rd
there will be a Tony Husband cartoon exhibition at Jam bookshop gallery.
Because a legend has passed away.
It is with a torn apart heart that I must announce the passing of my Dad. The beautiful
@tonyhusband1
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Sleeping knowing there have been thousands of Jam books gone to new homes to be enjoyed over the last 18 months
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Cool thing.
I've been given a display space right across from the shop, in the arcade.
I'll do 'exhibition' displays over time.
Now, I've put art from the Calvin & Hobbes show from the last shop.
Everyone loves C&H. It's already grabbing attention & pulling people into the shop
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Well that was a helluva weekend.
Shop is ravaged.
Thanks to all the bookbuyers
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Jam is back.
Bookshops not bombs.
Stories not Tories.
New 2024 hours:
Thurs 12-6
Sat 12-5
Sun 12-4
(shop will be closed a bit more to start drawing projects again)
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I only have until March 25th to sell as many beautiful & great books as possible.
There's quite a few reductions too!
Open Thursdays, Saturdays & Sundays
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After 9 hours of non-stop work it seems that the Jam gallery is now full of Garbage Pail Kids
#Shattered
The amount of correspondence coming in about the Garbage Pail Kids exhibition starting tomorrow suggests I will be working a possible 12 hours shift in the shop today to get it ready.
Please do have patience if I'm quiet today as I'm at breaking point of jobs on hand :)
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The real juicy details will be shared on the shop patreon - link in bio
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No business advisers tell you this but...
if you have a very quiet shop the best way to attract customers through your door is two ways:
- Need to go to the toilet
- Put a piece of food in your mouth
both result in people walking through your door at those precise moments.
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This weekend has been....... just.....
sooooooooooo many people coming & ravaging the stock & saying how much they love Jam & the impact it's made
Thanks for making the shop feel special
So hard to get pic of how rammed it's been
Thanks to
@beatricemossman
for lending a hand too
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Closed for the week.
Something happened in the last hour today which was a bit special.
A swell of people came to support the shop.
It's was so nice & busy. Pretty humbling to hear Jam love tbh.
You know who you all were that came in. Thank you :)
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BREAKING: Open in 2 weeks 🥳
An ace Hoxton shop to open a visual-focused
#bookshop
with small gallery & big creative vibe.
Run by
@SaHreports
#BookshopDay
#Shoreditch
#booktwt
#BookTwitter
#SmallBusiness
#BookLover
#comics
follow
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Jam will only be open for another month.
But it's still full of beautiful & great books that I'm hoping people will come & buy.
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Hey, Jam might be shutting down in about a month but that doesn't mean I don't want people to come in & buy
#books
by creative munchkins.
There are lots left to be gathered.
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Thanks for the orders from
As you can imagine, I still need to make an income while I sort out life/health for a few weeks & your book orders are still very cool.
STOP!!!!!!!!
Don't order that book from Amazon!
If you can't visit Jam order from
There's any
#book
you want.
Pick Jam as your bookshop & I get 30% of the sale
- you support a
#SmallBusiness
#bookshop
- taxes get paid for stuff like NHS (not like Amazon)
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I should say fully opening from 11 July 😱😱😱😱
Despite not sleeping until 4am due to election addiction & the shop not being fully stocked yet, Jam is going to have a soft opening today from 3-6pm just to test things. And celebrate no longer being ruled by Tories.
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Keep new socks in your bag to give.
(They don't have to be expensive.)
Only takes a moment to offer.
It's freezing & people need them.
It's freezing out there. So here is an important report to spread around & help those on the streets in the cold. A pair of socks helps!
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Some seriously nice things being said today about Jam.
Can't thank the people (from near & far) that have supported the shop enough.
So pleased how many people say that Jam made them discover comics, manga & graphic novels for the first time & opened their eyes to new books.
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Unfortunately Jam won't be around for too much longer.
So will try to do the best while is it.
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Sorry I can't reply to all the messages & comments.
You can see the reaction.
Thanks for them all
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Popped into the shop this morning for deliveries & people coming in asking if the can buy books today because the shop looks cool & the name Jam is too catchy to walk past 😄
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Simply can't keep living in a
#ToryFascistDictatorship
so going to give 2 copies of this small but important book away to 2 people who RT this.
Winners picked at random on Fri 10 March
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First books have landed!!!
#bookshop
#BookshopDay
#booktwt
#BookTwitter
#books
#booklover
#books
#book
#comingsoon
#smallbusiness
#shoreditch
#hoxton
#london
@Gardners
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It's taken me 3 days of preparing art, printing, hanging but it's looking good.
Just artist labeling to do plus some other bits.
But
#DrawColumbo
is up
It's full lockdown mode at Jam today.
Shutters down so that I can focus on getting the Columbo exhibit finished for tomorrow.
But believe it or not it hasn't stopped people trying to get in to see the show, seriously!
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Jam bookshop update 📣
Much sleeping.
Much planning.
Much plotting.
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Gallery is in full bloom with original
@tormalore
sketches from
@RichardAyoade
The Book That No One Wanted To Read
#illustration
#book
#booktwt
@jambookshopuk
61a Hackney Rd
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Why do good charities have to use AI art.
The irony of helping people while neglecting other people.
Would it have been so impossible for a disability charity to find a disabled artist to make some promotional art?!
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Just said 'Agatha Crispy' in the shop which was both mortifying but also very cool.
What other crime writer names can be turned into descriptions of foodstuffs?
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Everyone is drawing #หมูเด้ง so had to have a quick go
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The remaining opening hours for Jam are
Sat 16th 1pm - 5pm
Sun 17th 1pm - 4pm
Thur 21st 1pm - 6pm
Fri 22nd 1pm - 5pm
Sat 23rd 1pm - 6pm
Sun 24th 1pm - 6pm LAST DAY
61a Hackney rd (entrance on Waterson st) E2 7NX
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Don't order your gift books from Amazon!
Order from
There's any
#book
you want often cheaper!
Choose Jam as your bookshop & I get 30% of the sale
- you support a
#SmallBusiness
- taxes get paid for stuff like NHS (not like Amazon)
#books
#gifts
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Following on from the spirit & success of the Jam
#DrawColumbo
exhibition...
Get drawing your
#DrawCalvinandHobbes
tributes for something later this year!
GASP!
*This hashtag better
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Recent months have been more quiet than expected.
Bills getting harder to pay.
If you know anyone fancying a
#book
please send them to
or
or a visit to the shop in Hoxton - close to lots of transport & other cool stuff!
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The very first exhibition in Jam is exquisite art by the impeccable
@tormalore
for the new smash hit extravaganza The Book That No One Wanted To Read, with Richard Ayoade.
Should be a riot. Coming soon.
#BookTwitter
#booklovers
#bookshop
#Illustration
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Jam bookshop will be reopening in July 2024
To raise funds to help with costs I'm not asking for donations!
Just need you to order your
#books
from
There's any
#book
you want often cheaper!
Choose Jam as your bookshop I get a %
#smallbusiness
#portobello
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Made a sketch idea to submit to the colouring book for refugee children.
Follow
@procartoonists
for updates
Cartoonist blocked from repainting mural will make colouring book for refugee children
@procartoonists
@godfreychurch
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Going offline a bit more the next few days.
(will still post book news bits)
Mental health not doing great.
Last weeks (last 7 months tbh) have been bad for business. This weekend may be the straw that breaks the camel's bank. Out of money so I need to take time to draw.
Sorry
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If you want to see how the first innovator of the modern graphic novel worked & made his books...
Jam bookshop currently has an exhibition of some original
#WillEisner
artwork.
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